Stories for January 2007

Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Sao Paulo celebrates anniversary with 453 meters long cake

Brazil's Sao Paulo, South America's largest and most dynamic city celebrated this week its 453 anniversary with an eight tons cake shared by thousands of residents.
Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Polished Valparaiso “invaded” by 8.000 cruise visitors

Three cruise vessels including “Queen Mary 2” called Friday in the Chilean port of Valparaíso with thousands of tourists, following a similar situation the previous Wednesday with the “Discovery”.
Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's risk rate drops to new record and is below Brazil's

Argentina's rate risk dropped Friday below that of neighboring Brazil, a day after the successful floating of sovereign bonds totaling 500 million US dollars, at the lowest interest rate since August 2005.
Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine banks enjoy bonanza after debacle

Just a few years after its worst financial debacle in history, Argentina is going through a surprising banking bonanza and experts say it is highly to continue, at least in the short- to mid-term.
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Air crash kills Ecuador defence chief

Ecuador's first female defense minister died Wednesday in a collision of two helicopters that also killed her daughter and five members of the military, officials said
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuadorians support re writing constitution and new Congress

A majority of Ecuadorians support President Rafael Correa's proposal to amend the Constitution and change the country's one house legislative branch, according go a Cedatos/Gallup opinion poll released this week.
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivia's Morales reshuffles cabinet and ratifies reforms

Bolivian President Evo Morales reshuffled this week almost half of his sixteen members' cabinet a day after celebrating his first year in office.
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Alarming signals about South Atlantic hake fishery fragility

A significant drop in the South Atlantic common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) breeding biomass and other alarming signals were collected in the latest report from Argentina's National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, particularly in an area north of parallel 41 S.
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chile to clip military procurement copper fed fund

Chile's Defence Minister Vivianne Blanlot submitted this week a detailed report of the controversial Copper Reserve Law, reaffirming the desire of the government of President Michelle Bachelet to modify or repeal the Pinochet-era legislation.
Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Global unemployment remains at historic high, says UN

The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historical high of nearly 200 million in 2006 despite strong global economic growth, only modest gains were made in lifting some of the 1.37 billion working poor living on less than 2 US dollars per day out of poverty, and the pattern looks set to continue this year, according to a United Nations report released Thursday.